'check out' definitions:
Definition of 'check out'
From: WordNet
verb
Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" [syn: check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into]
verb
verb
Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" [syn: check, check out]
verb
Trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: run down, check out]
verb
Record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased; "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"
verb
Withdraw money by writing a check [syn: cheque, check out]
verb
Definition of 'check out'
From: GCIDE
- check out \check" out\ v. t.
- 1. To inspect or examine. [Colloq.] [PJC]
- 2. To make a record of having borrowed (something) for temporary use; as, to check out a book at the library; to check out equipment from a depository. [PJC]
- 3. To bring (items to be purchased) to a checkout counter (as at a supermarket or other retail store) where the prices may be totaled and the bill may be paid. [PJC]
Definition of 'check out'
From: GCIDE
- check out \check` out"\ v. i.
- 1. To vacate a room at a hotel, notel, etc. Converse of check in. [PJC]
- 2. To die. [Colloq.] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'check out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- audit,
- autopsy,
- balance,
- balance the books,
- buy it,
- canvass,
- cash in,
- check,
- check and doublecheck,
- check in,
- check over,
- check up on,
- clock out,
- collate,
- confirm,
- conform,
- conk,
- correspond,
- croak,
- cross-check,
- demonstrate,
- die,
- double-check,
- dovetail,
- drop,
- drop off,
- examine,
- fit in,
- gee,
- give an examination,
- go over,
- go west,
- harmonize,
- have it,
- have the qualifications,
- inspect,
- inventory,
- jibe,
- kick in,
- kick off,
- kick the bucket,
- knock off,
- look at,
- look over,
- measure up,
- monitor,
- observe,
- overhaul,
- overlook,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- pass over,
- pass under review,
- peer at,
- peg out,
- peruse,
- pipe off,
- pop off,
- pore over,
- postmortem,
- prove,
- punch out,
- qualify,
- recheck,
- review,
- ring out,
- run over,
- scan,
- scrutinize,
- set an examination,
- shove off,
- sign out,
- size,
- size up,
- square,
- step off,
- study,
- survey,
- take stock,
- take stock of,
- take the measure,
- tally,
- test,
- triple-check,
- validate,
- verify
Words containing 'check out'
- Check,
- Checked,
- check in,
- check into,
- check off,
- check over,
- check up on,
- checking,
- Bank check,
- Cashier's check,
- Certified check,
- Check book,
- Check hook,
- Check list,
- Check nut,
- Check valve,
- Memorandum check,
- Pass check,
- To cross a check,
- To raise a check,
- To take check,
- attendance check,
- bad check,
- banker's check,
- bed check,
- blank check,
- check bit,
- check character,
- check girl,
- check mark,
- check register,
- check stub,
- check-in,
- checked checkered,
- checking account,
- checking program,
- counter check,
- disability check,
- discovered check,
- dogstooth check,
- double check,
- health check,
- houndstooth check,
- medicare check,
- parity check,
- parity checking,
- payroll check,
- personal check,
- poke check,
- rain check,
- reality check,
- redundancy check,
- retirement check,
- spot check,
- traveler's check,
- traveller's check,
- treasurer's check,
- check overdraft credit,
- check-out procedure,
- cross-check,
- cyclic redundancy check,
- double-check,
- spot-check,
- dog's-tooth check,
- dogs-tooth check,
- hound's-tooth check,
- odd-even check